Growing Readers
Written especially for parents, Growing Readers (formerly Ed Extras) provides monthly tips for raising strong readers and writers. Schools and PTAs can add these preformatted briefs to their parent newsletters. Growing Readers is also a great resource for libraries and community literacy organizations. The one- or two-page articles are available as a PDF in both English and Spanish.
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Supporting the Common Core Writing Standards
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We've archived all of our past Growing Readers articles by topic:
Children's Books
Sharing Wordless Picture Books
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The Importance of Reading Widely
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Nursery Rhymes: Not Just for Babies!
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Finding and Sharing Great Kids' Books
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Early literacy development
Tips for Teaching Your Child About Phonemes
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Fluency Matters
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Simple Yet Powerful Things to Do While Reading Aloud
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Building Reading Stamina
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Good Night, Sleep Tight: Preschoolers and Sleep
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How to Read With a Squiggly Baby (or Toddler!)
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Does My Preschooler Have Delayed Development?
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One, Two, Buckle My Shoe: Math and Literacy for Preschoolers
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Building Your Child's Vocabulary
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Handwriting: What's Normal, What's Not
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Healthy Hearing
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Beginning Readers: Look! I Can Read This!
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Emergent Readers: Look! That's My Letter!
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Families and schools
Supporting the Common Core Writing Standards
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How Parents Can Support the Common Core Reading Standards
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Children and Digital Media: Rethinking Parent Roles
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Flipped Classrooms and Flipped Lessons: What Does It Mean for Parents?
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Preparing 21st Century Learners
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How to Read a Report Card
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Homework Tips for Parents
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When to Call Your Child's Teacher
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Choosing a Preschool
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Listen and Look at Back-to-School Night
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Preparing Your Child for Testing
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The Parent-Teacher Conference (Pre-K)
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The Parent-Teacher Conference
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Literacy activities for the family
Kids Who Blog
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How to Read an E-Book with Your Child
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Getting the Most Out of Nonfiction Reading Time
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Putting Your Family Calendar to Work
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Outdoor Explorations
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Mission Critical: Reading Together to Build Critical Thinking Skills
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Beat the Heat with Your Weather Page
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Book Swap for Kids
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Environmental Print
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Poems at Home
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Use a PEER When You Read Aloud
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Picture This! Using Mental Imagery While Reading
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Playing with Word Sounds: Stretch and Shorten
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The Night Before the Museum
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Grocery Store Literacy for Preschoolers
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Grocery Store Literacy
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Developing Writing and Spelling at Home
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Reading for Meaning with Your Child
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A Fresh Look at Your Home Library
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Playing with Words
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Creating a Home Library
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The Role of Fathers in Their Child's Literacy Development: Pre-K
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The Role of Fathers in Their Child's Literacy Development: K-3
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Developing Writing and Spelling at Home: Pre-K
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Making Reading Relevant: Read, Learn, and Do! (K-3)
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Making Reading Relevant: Read, Learn, and Do! (Pre-K)
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Talking Counts!
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Reading Aloud to Build Comprehension
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Writing and Spelling Ideas to Use with Kids
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School readiness
Social Skills in Preschool
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Back-to-School, for Parents!
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Is My Child Ready for Kindergarten?
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Easing Into Preschool
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Easing Back Into School
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Ready to Read
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Seasonal topics
Five Literacy-Based Ways to Celebrate Earth Day with Your Child
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Start the New Year Off Right: Resolve to Raise a Reader!
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Creating Holiday Learning Traditions
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Learning That's Hands-On Holiday Fun (Pre-K)
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New Year's Resolution: Help Your Kids Do Great in School
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Summer reading
Summer Literacy Challenge!
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Summer Learning, Side-by-Side
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Use Summer Fun to Build Background Knowledge
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Take a Break, but Bring a Book!
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Struggling readers and learning disabilities
"Learning Disabilities" Movement Turns 50
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Learning Disabilities, Dyslexia, and Vision
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Successful Transition to Kindergarten for Learners Who May Be at Risk for Learning Disabilities
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Recognizing Reading Problems
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Common Signs of Dyslexia
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STEM Series
Science vs. Science Fiction
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Think Like an Inventor
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Developing Research and Information Literacy
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The Vocabulary of Science
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How to Read Nonfiction Text
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Share What You Discover! Publishing Your Work
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Creating Bar Graphs
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Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions
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Cause and Effect
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Teaching Sequence
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Patterns and Categorizing
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Recording Observations: Capturing and Sharing Images
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Recording Observations: Journals and Field Notes
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Measure Up!
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Making Predictions
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STEM Tools at Home
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Steps in the Scientific Process
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